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spetsnaz
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Spetsnaz () are special forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff (GRU). Today it refers to special forces branches and task forces subordinate to ministries including defence, internal affairs, or emergency situations in countries that have inherited their special purpose units from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.
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- Etymology
- History and known operations
- Early Soviet Union
- Second World War and Spanish Civil War
- Navy
- Army
- Cold War
- The Crabb Affair
- Prague Spring
- Spetsnaz in Vietnam and Laos
- Soviet–Afghan War
- Caravan war
- Alleged conflict with Pakistani commandos
- The Beirut hostage crisis
- After the breakup of Soviet Union
- Budyonnovsk hospital hostage crisis
- Kizlyar-Pervomayskoye hostage crisis
- Second Chechen War
- Moscow theatre hostage crisis
- Beslan school siege
- 2000s–present
- Anti terrorist operations prior to 2014 Sochi Olympics
- Insurgency in the Caucasus
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Syrian Civil War
- Structure
- Soviet Union
- KGB
- MVD
- Post-Soviet
- Belarusian spetsnaz
- Kazakh spetsnaz
- Russian spetsnaz after 2010
- Administrative history
- Training
- Uniform
- Structure
- Ground Forces
- [[Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation|Main Intelligence Directorate]] (GRU)
- Navy
- Federal Security Service (FSB)
- Foreign Intelligence Service
- National Guard
- Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD)
- Ministry of Justice
- Ukrainian spetsnaz
- In popular culture
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
Spetsnaz () are special forces in the former Soviet Union and Russia. Historically, this term referred to the Soviet Union's Spetsnaz GRU, special operations units of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet General Staff (GRU). Today it refers to special forces branches and task forces subordinate to ministries including defence, internal affairs, or emergency situations in countries that have inherited their special purpose units from the now-defunct Soviet security agencies.
==Etymology==